Typography for Our CD Digipack

These are the possible fonts for our digipack

 

 

Album Cover Brainstorming

This is the first rough CD design, which will undoubtedly be re-produced and changed over time

Evaluation of Shooting Day

First of all our group gathered together and we went to the location  where we were going  to shoot our music video. We discussed any issues that might occur. We talked through our props, lightening, the background and thought of any other interesting ideas which we could imagine. Afterwards me and Anna went to IT department to ask for the projector, so we won’t worry about it on the shoot day. Basically our aim was to fully prepare for the shoot day and therefore run it as smooth as possible

One might say that the feeling were incredible, being excited and intrigued , but honestly since knowing that everything is prepared and the issues were illuminated I woke up in a calm manner without the sense of urgency

In the morning we went to the studio and waited for all the cast members to arrive. Once they came we briefly showed them how our music video would look like and which other music videos are similar to our one. We also checked whether they were wearing what we asked them on the previous day, since it was really important for their cloths to match our music genre.

As already said, we have worked really hard for the preparation of the set, which made our life much easier on the actual shoot day. The preparation involved as I said already taking the projector from IT and also gluing the walls and sticking wallpaper. Afterwards we coloured the walls from white to black to make a contrast and also had tube lights forming a triangle making the video to appear more creative

All our members of the group worked really hard doing our best to achieve what we want. Since I did drama and achieved a very high score, it was personally easier for me to work with our actors helping them with their body language, facial expressions and picking on what they shouldn’t do in front of camera. I also worked with directing the music, making it slower or faster and helping the drummer to match with the beat

In my opinion, having the drama skills allowed me to achieve exactly what I wanted from our actors. Helping them how to move, making them look more confident and eventually feel infused with the song itself

I don’t think we have any significant problems, as we spent a fairly long time organizing and preparing for the day. Maybe the only issues was not letting the teachers of our singer know about him being involved in a shoot day

That’s the question which I think will have similar answers, since our slow-motion part of the music video was amazing. All of us really enjoyed that part. The slow-motion required for our band members to play twice faster, which was quite difficult, but luckily having the energy
and enthusiasm they achieved the task

The only issue which I was concern of was that our guitarist on the right hand side by persistently covered by singer, which did not allow him to fully play his role. The position was a little bit distorted and we should have moved our band slightly to the left, however it is not a major problem at all and we are still totally happy

We were carefully choosing our cast members, since it was important for us to have actors who have the ability to perform and play their instruments. We also gave them to listen the whole week to our music for them to get used, so it would be easier on the actual shoot day. During the process and at the end of the day we were absolutely amazed with their talent and ability. The friendly atmosphere which the band members created was really pleasant. They helped each other and corporate, since they also wanted for the music video to look good. At the end of the day all of us were really satisfied and happy

The part which I am mostly excited to see is the slow-motion part, since I really liked the concept of it. It looked really unnatural and unusual which makes it appear unique

We perfectly worked together, without having any arguments or disagreements, but harmony and respect

There are undoubtedly a lot to learn from, such as understanding more in-depth how actors work and what gives them the drive and the motion. Moreover it developed our imagination, since we had to think of different ideas which we could apply for our music video. Personally I think that everything went as we wanted and there would be no changes applied.

To sum it all up we really worked hard from the beginning when we were just brainstorming ideas to the shoot day where we also had to put our effort. We were really lucky with our cast members as they had the same willingness to make the music video look nice. We had a fair division of labour, thus making our task easier. And eventually all of us were happy after the shoot day, since the effort and the hard work were worth it

Indie/Rock

Presentation1 from Rafael Karapetyan

Call List

Album Cover

Our aim was for make a simple, but unique album cover. The photographs used would be pictures of our band, the set, or the location. The remaining aim is to have the face of the soloist in a framed portrait covering half of the face with the box

Conventions of the Indie Rock Genre

Indie/rock

Props and Costumes

Props And Costume List: ‘Flawless’

 

Guitarist	Quantity
Black Jeans	1
Tank top	1
Boots Short black leather lace up boots Timberland/dc martins	1
Ear cuff	1
Drummer	Quantity
White T-shirt with picture	1
Black blue trousers	1
Classical black shoes	1
Necklace	3
Ring	1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Props And Costume List: ‘Flawless’

Singer	Quantity
Blue shirt with collar	1
Blue trousers	1
Converse	1
Bracelets	3
Ring	2
Ear Cuffs	2
Jacket	1

 

Bassist	Quantity
Grey Jumper	1
Grey trousers	1
Ring	2
Thin metal bracelet	1
Thick Necklace	1
Dr Martin boots.	1

 

 

 

Projection Dancer	Quantity
No shirt
Blue ripped jeans	1
Blue snake belt	1
Blue converse shoes	1
White short socks	1

 

Dancer	Quantity
Leotard	1
Black tights	1
Ballet shoes	1
Fabric	3 metres

 

 

 

 

Instruments	Quantity
Guitar	1
Bass	1
Drums	1
Microphone	1
Strip lights	6
Smoke machine	1

 

 

 

 

 

Our CD Cover

 

 

 After thinking for a while we came to the decision that our album will look similar to this one. We have been inspired by number of different CD covers of variety of similar to our genre bands. The aim is to attract audience, therefore we will try to produce a creative one.

 

 

 

Personally I have been inspired by albums covers where you could see all members of the band, showing the importance of each of them, but putting forward the solist. Specifically this one, where you can see the faces of the members behind, while their body is mixed with the dark colour and having the solist in the front with a different colour of cloths, highlighting him as being the key member of the band.

Our Shooting Schedule

Time	Shot no.	Shot Description	Actors	Props	Phone Numbers
9:00 – 9:45	1	Wide shot of set, with band playing  - play through song	Mike Asaturov, Maksym Kulik, Alex Wadstein, George Hill, + singer	Drums, guitar, bass, microphone, smoke machine, lights, blinders
	2	Close up of lead singer (sing through song)		Microphone
	3	Close up of guitarist (30 seconds	Mike Asaturov	Guitar
	4	Close up of drummer (30 seconds)	Alex Wadstein	Drums
	5	Close up of bassist (30 seconds)	George Hill	Bass	07952683551
9:45 – 10:20	6	Medium shot of lead singer (15 seconds)		Microphone
	7	Medium shot of guitarist (15 seconds)	Mike Asaturov	Guitar
	8	Medium shot of drummer (15 seconds)	Alex Wadstein	Drums
	9	Medium shot of bassist (15 seconds)	George Hill	Bass
10:20 – 10: 35		BREAK
10:35 – 11:00	11	Extreme CU of strumming/fretboard	Mike Asaturov	Guitar
	12	Extreme CU of mouth singing	Singer
	13	Extreme CU of foot on drum pedal	Alex Wadstein	Drums
	14	Side medium shot of bass	George Hill	Bass
	15	Panning wide shot on set and lights	Band members	Lights, instruments, set
11:00 – 12:00	16	Mid shot of band standing in a line relaxed on set	Band members
	17	Panning WS on band standing	Band members
	18	WS of band leaning/sitting around on set	Band members	Instruments
	19	H/A on band lying down around the set	Band members	Instruments
	20	CU of feet walking away	Band members
	21	Over the shoulder shot of band	Band members	Instruments
12:00 – 12:30	22	Wide shot of dancer with projections	Maksym Kulik	Projector, filters, smoke machine, lights
12:30 – 1: 10		LUNCH
1:15 – 2:00	24	Close up of projections	Maksym Kulik	‘’
	25	Mid shot of projector moving		‘’
	26	Close up of projection on face	Maksym Kulik	‘’
2:00 – 2:30	27	High angle on projection dancer	Maksym Kulik	‘’
	28	Panning on projection dancer	Maksym Kulik	‘’
2:30 – 3:00	29	Wide shot of dancer with fabric	Delphine Lim	Fabric, lights, smoke machine
	30	Mid shot from behind the lights on fabric dancer	Delphine Lim	‘’
	31	Close up of her face behind fabric	Delphine Lim	‘’
	32	Mid shot of dancer legs + fabric	Delphine Lim	‘’
3:00 – 4:00	33	Mid shot of upper body + fabric	Delphine Lim	‘’
	34	Shot of lights		Lights
	35	Panning on wallpaper		Set
	36	Close up of smoke		Smoke machine
4:00 – 4:30	37	Close up of fabric
	38	Shot of blinders turning on		Blinders
	39	Panning mid shot of set		Set, instruments, lights, smoke machine
4:30 – 5:30	40	CU of smoke, light and lead singer	Lead singer	Smoke machine, lights
	41	WS of band with light chair	Band members	Chair, lights, smoke, set
	42	WS of band with light chair	Band members -1	Set, lights, smoke machine
	43	WS of band with light chair	Band members -2	Set, lights, smoke machine
	44	WS of band with light chair	Band members -3	Set, lights, smoke machine
	45	WS of singer with light chair	Lead singer	Set, lights, smoke machine
5:30 – 6:30	46	Additional Shots